dec 2008- Who will stonk it in & be crown queen of the thread?

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He we are ladies though I may need to change my name as royal title may be stripped.

beans Lovely to hear from you.

vag May the force be with you today, by heck you'll need it!

Off to Devon tomorrow for a few days and then over to Sommerset for a week. Hope to catch up later once I have done all the washing,ironing & packing!

Apologies for my dreadful spelling of Somerset in my last post! Shocking.

All packed, can't wait to get away. My sister lives in Plymouth, so it will great to catch up with her while we are down there.

Vag I see from FB that the parties went well. Brilliant - how did DS1 enjoy it? Was DS2 okay with all the guests? DS was a little bit freaked yesterday when everyone arrived but soon calmed down when his cousins arrived. I think he was relieved to see a friendly face.

Aspa Are you feeling okay?

Will lurk from my phone and post when I can. Take care lovely ladies x

Have a great time DB - I love the West Country!

AsP - hope things are looking brighter - its a shame about the rugs and the rest, but in the end, its not the things that matter.

LadyT - funnily enough, I just finished the Moran book, partly inspired to read it by the chat on here. I did enjoy it. I know what you mean about the druggie stuff, but it kind of washes over me - I guess I've led quite a dull life in some ways. It was funny and right a lot of the time. I guess it was mostly the comfort of validating what I think, rather than anything really thought provoking.

Had a rather nice afternoon celebrating my nieces 1st birthday. They had a key to a garden square and there is something rather magical about these hidden away London secrets. They are amazingly bigger inside than they seem outside and gorgeous. Poor old DS got a bit weary and cranky by the end, but not before everyone had a lot of fun.

Hello, yes DB the parties went really well. The expat mob had a great time in the morning and the dutchy kids rocked on in the afternoon. The bouncy castle was popular and all the kids loved it, but I think next year we'll have a 'just dance' party. We put the Wii game on for an alternative to the castle and they loved it. They really rocked it. The clean up was pretty simple as we'd gone for the environmentally unfriendly option of disposable everything. The cakes went down well and tasted delicious. I will be having a cheeky bit of left overs for my afternoon tea. Our neighbour is feeling a little bad about the Ramadan thing and sent us down some yummy food left over from their fast breaking meal so our dinner was easy. DB how old is your DD? You, Asp & I have close LO1's but Asparaguschild is 6 were as veggieboy is 6. I just find it interesting that our first were born around the same time & 2nds also. I wander if that is random coincidence or not.

Speaking of Asp, apart from being concerned about your recent shock at finding the rugs in that state, I also miss you please come back. And where is Trace?

Rubes you are suspicious by your absence, are you lurking?

Lady I think Moran is the author I was thinking of when I texted you, what is the book title?

My dad passed away when I was 10 but I do relate to much of what you say. I think even though I have actual memories of my dad so much of my life with him I just don't remember, it's mostly in my memory through photos & stories. He feels more like the legend of a father, rather than a relationship I experienced with an actual person if that make sense.

Cat I am officially a stalker of your blog. I love it.

Beans how's the caravan sugar going? Hope the weather improves.

DS2 & I went to a little music & movement class today and loved it. It's attached to the little kids cafe I think I told you about. We are currently in the cafe but I want to get him home soon for his nap, but he is having too much fun to leave. We are enjoying our time together before starting nursery tomorrow. I know its only 2 mornings, but it's the start of losing him, even just a little.

Thanks, Vag! Please do comment as well as stalking, so it looks as though I have at least one reader . I've also started my PND blog. but only written one post as yet. It's here, but I haven't decided if I want it to be anonymous or not yet, so if you do comment, could you please not use my name (You may of course just want to hurl insults, in which case, feel free).

So glad the parties both went well, you are super mum for even considering it, let alone organising,making cakes for and generally supervising the whole thing. You are a proper legend.

Invis v about the locked garden. That's always been a dream of mine to own a house that had access to one. .

DB have a fab time in the West Country, enjoy the local ales .

BEans you and your caravan luvvin. Please keep updating us. Sorry about the crap nights.

B cutting his first tooth, turning into a right character. I suspect he'll be auditioning for the mini version of Steptoe and Son any day now...

Just marking my place...

Glad the birthday parties went well!

I'm reading Moran book too. How to be a woman, vag. Will post thoughts when on laptop!

Just a quickie to say to Veg, its very sweet of you to miss me but totally unneccessary as I am here and lurking most days. I do worry that we have lost Rubes though. She worried about her last post, had it deleted, then never returned. Rubes are you still reading? We hope so!

And where is Urbane??? She must be nearly into her third trimester now.

And thank you all for the kind, kind words about the rugs and my semi-breakdown over the whole affair. What you all say is very true: it is not the material stuff that matters. I still feel that I should have tried harder to keep my promise to care for the rugs: I knew they were at risk from moths, I was just too lazy to go to Brighton and deal with it. Anyway I have decided to sell most of the rugs. My Mum would hate that too but I cannot look after a huge pile of woolen antiques in this decade of The Great Moth Epidemic. It is too much responsiblity and it is better than they go to people who know how to care for them and who might even display them and enjoy them. I will keep one or two that my Mum had real stories about (two I particularly love because of her tales of sneaking them over the Afghan border by concealing them under a mattress in the back of her VW camper bus which was also full of marjuana (sorry LadyT, casual drug ref there!)).

DB, have a great time in Devon. I am very jealous. I miss my home county.

Invis, I totally agree with your summary of Moran. Very funny and affirming but not startling or fresh in its thinking.

Beans. I am very pleased that Wales is fun but sorry about the weather.

And I'm also very pleased that Veggie boys many parties went well (mini Arti is 5 btw, not 6, Veggie boy is very mature in her book).

Right, off to read Spot's new PND blog.

Oh that is cool about the rug Asp. I had to sneak an Iranian rug into Pakistan and then bribe some pakistani postal guys to send it to Australia without having it inspected for its origin. It's naughty to take them out apparently unless your a dealer. My friend and I may have used our feminine charms to ensure our car wasn't searched, no drugs though.

Glad your feeling a little better and have a plan.

Hello. Just dropping in while I wait for DH to get back from ferrying SD round the countryside. We're going to watch the Horizon on how much life-long effect your time spent in the womb has on you, looks fascinating.

How was everyone's weekend? We had a w/end of firsts. It was so drizzly and boring on Saturday that we took M on his first trip on the train, woohoo! He had a couple of wobbles but overall he loved it. It was just 20 mins there, a hot chocolte at a cafe when we arrived, then an hour later 20 mins back. On Sunday we went to the beach at Ynyslas which was by turns glorious, cold, windy, wet, etc, and at times all of us were in a stinking mood for one reason or another! M was feeling travel-sick on the way there so I gave him a travel tablet he shouldn't have til he's five, but it did the trick and no ill-effects. It all came together in the end though and we had a lovely time - M's first time on a sandy beach. He's been to the beach at my uncle's place in Devon but that's pebbles. We spent ages hoovering sand out of the car afterwards - how do people manage who live by the beach?? We're a two hour journey away so we go only rarely (not even once a year - I'm not much keen on the sea!).

That sounds like DH back. I'll post this quickly then read up on everyone else.

TV where is Ynyslas? Is sounds like its on the Black sea cost, or Wales. The anti travel sickness tablets will be fine. There are many drugs which aren't licenced for under 5 simply because they haven't been proved to be safe, but this doesn't mean they aren't safe, just they haven't actually been passed as ok by the industry. I think 50% of the drugs I used to administer weren't licensed for under 5's.

Hello. Been lurking. Will write more on laptop. Wanted to say hi. Asp - so sorry to hear about moths and the dds' strangeness. How sad and upsetting. But I think getting rid of most if them is a good idea. Lovely story about smuggling them.

Spot - where's the other blog. Have read your first PND post. Go for it!

Having difficulties again between dh and dd1 - she so ridiculously prefers me and will quite calmly tell him when he is doing bedtime "you can go away now daddy, I don't like you" Or worse "I don't love you" and then puts herself to sleep. It is upsetting him beyond measure. Me, too, now. Who are good parenting gurus to look uP on this sort of thing???

Thanks for the reassurance Vag. I thought it would be okay as I'd heard something similar about giving Calpol to under 3 month old babies, which we did once or twice when M was new. He was so heavy though, 10lb 4oz at birth, that I thought he'd be okay with it!

Ynyslas is on the Welsh coast, just by Borth. Oh dear, peanut butter and banana malfunction, must go!

Please TV you have to explain the nature of the malfunction.

Pubus where are you!!!!

WG I really don't know what to say, I really feel for your DH that must really hurt him. I know we are supposed to not take things kids say personally but that is hard. I've got no advice, its not like it is bad behaviour that you can punish, I think you both just have to stick it out. Is it worth asking why she hates daddy? Maybe she doesn't really understand what she's saying.

Hello all! It's tn past seven and both girls are in bed!!! Time to order a pizza in celebration - new menu through the door which includes some fairly hideous things, eg pizza with peking duck? Or the one with chicken breast, sundried tomato, brie, spring onion, sweet chilli sauce and pistachio sour cream?!

So, to report back on the hols... Childcare was a 23 year old law student whose English was less good than my French, no exp of small children and no initiative (eg she brought E to me saying 'she has sneezed' rather than just getting some loo roll... But 'fortunately' i had lost my voice so for the first few days, was able to help out for much of the time. By the end of the week she was doing the full three sessions, with a lot of help from the gran re S as she played lots with the 5 year old, plus I was usually able to make sure e's naps came at handy times for her.
So I manage to get some good singing in, the music was awesomely good, some really challenging contemporary stuff (where the notes were on a three line indicative stave rathere than actual notes, really good fun) and a beautful setting of some words of the song of songs, the first piece that ended with me and a few others singing 'n'eveillez pas le bien aime avant le moment de son bon plaizzzzzir' on the most sultry chords, I actually felt slightly overwhelmed by how utterly horny it was
And lots of yummy food, wine a plen, really good to catch up with mates. S's chickenpox was a bit of a downerr but she was very stoical, and the pregnant lady had decided not to come, thank goodness. And the second week we toured a bit, some old churches, bit of beach for S, lots of sleeping girls in the car, hurrah! And lordy yes, E was doing 5 hour stretches! Not any more of course, just busy pulling herself up in the cot and yelling, but it can be done and we know it now which is reason for hope!
And and, finally, we managed t set a date for moving house today, hope to exchange at the end of the week :) threatened our buyers with going back on the market and they pulled their fingers out at last, apparently tehe email to our solicitor said they have 'reluctantly agreed' to our suggestd date, aw diddums! Lost all sympathy with them now, sorry...

To catch up with you all would be impossible, so will just say Asp amd glad you're feeling a bit better about the rugs. Souds like a very tough time, but you're probably right to keep just a few and use them as a way to hold the memories. Love the story of the dodgy border crossings!
Veggie, sorry to hear about mad dutch lady, but i did laugh, you have to be the only person who could say DS had insisted on a pomelo, i doubt most kids (adults?!) would have any idea what one is:)

Anyway, am going to have some actual adult time with dh for once (not the kind beans sneakily gets up to with hers..) and hopefully keep up with you better now that we're back. Bug hugs everyone :)

Which weirdy pizza did you end up with, JJ? So glad you had a good holiday, and got some singing done. Also that you've sorted your sellers out. Cheeky nozzles. We're arranging survey for house this week.

WG exactly the same is going on in our household re- me being the favourite parent. It's really affected DP in terms of how re relates to T and he even looks apprehensive as he walks down the stairs in the morning as he knows T will burst into tears as it means i'm off for a shower. No great advice, but what has helped a bit is DP doing a project with him. In this case, it's making a magazine for him, and all about him. It also is different if he's tired or not, so if he is, I'll do bathtime etc, as it's not worth the battle. But would also welcome some advice. I suspect it will pass, but that's scant consolation to the DP/DH. T even said to be the other day, 'B is Daddy's, I am yours'. .

Here's a link to my other blog. It's a bit of wibble, really, but quite good fun .Have updated the PND one today, will try and do everyday until I get a bit more familiar with linking to other people, etc.

Hey all, have been lurking but failing to post. And now my computer is punishing me by hiding the thread from me. Hopefully this quickie will make it show in my 'threads I'm on' so I can catch up properly and not from my phone x

A ha, that worked, so here I am. Sorry I?ve not be on recently, I?ve had loads I?ve wanted to say but just too tired this last week to be bothered to turn the computer on and get my typing fingers out. I?ll try to include everyone, but in case I miss anyone out, hi

Welcome back Jam, I am v impressed that you managed the plane journeys (although not surprised) and also Jump, v pleased that you got some good singing going and the childcare resolved itself. at Beans' reckless holiday behaviour! (If I had bosoms, I?d hoick them right now, a la Effie). I hope you?re having lots of fun in Norfolk Sybs, and you too in the SW Deids

And very well done to Deids and Vaj on the parties ? I was exhausted just reading about them!

Asp, as others have said, I?m sorry your trip to Brighton was such a drain on your emotions. Your rug plan sounds a good one, I?m sure someone who shares your Mum?s passion would love to have them in their own collection and would also love to hear your Mum?s tales of acquisition! I?m sure I read once that children can?t understand the concept of death until they are about 8, which would explain your DD?s incessant questions, and will probably mean lots more years of questions to come, unfortunately. DD and I found a dead mouse recently and she was obsessed by it and asked all the same questions as your DD?s asked you about what happens to the body etc. I imagine they are completely normal questions for all littles to ask, but whereas I was just irritated that it went on for so long when it was only a mouse, for you they hit the most personal nerve in your body

LadyT those dates are in my diary and I?m free all that weekend, so once your trip is confirmed we can arrange to catch up (obviously, not impeding on your work commitments at all, that would be very unprofessional of me)

I?m loving reading your blogs Spot, keep them coming. Has DP gone on his work trip yet? I do hope the boys are sympathetic and allow you plenty of sleep. How?s B doing? I?ve just realised he must be 8 months old now ? I still think of him (and all this year?s babes) as a teeny tiny baby, and I?ve just clicked that I?ve got that wrong. Have you tackled weaning yet? And if so, how has that gone down with his reflux?

Hurrah for tottering Summer, so cute. DD is opposite to your DS with her wee?s, she only does about 3 or 4 a day and stores them up for ages and then opens the flood gates. She?s been like that for a long time, since before she was 1 I think, meaning that we didn?t get through many nappies, which was great. I?d like to think it was a boy/girl anatomical difference, but I clearly am not built to hold wees in

Vaj I would love to be ?the organ?, it is a good description of me, and with my closest friends I think I probably am (but I do have competition from time to time). But with my wider friends, there is one who beats me hands down, every single time. I bow to her organ greatness. The photo of DS2?s ?work? at nursery was fab, so pleased his first day was a success.

Trudy how did SD do in her AS?s? Glad the cinema trip was a success

Trace did you get sorted with another estate agent? Who is your house on the market with? A work friend is house hunting and had her heart set on one in Osbaldwick, but just missed it, so is looking for other similar properties on that side of town. She hasn?t seen anything in your village yet, so I said I?d find out your details, if you?re still selling that is

I agree with others ? where are Rubes and Urbs? Please come back lovelies, I want to hear your news

Gosh, it is past my bedtime and on a work night too. Will go and grab some sleep now. I should be ashamed to say, with all your literary boffs around, that my bedtime reading at the moment is the latest ?Shopaholic? book, with the unruly toddler. But it is making me feel great, as her 2 year old is far more terrible than my own, and is making me feel a whole lot better. I?m sure before long I will say to someone who is giving DD looks ?well you should see Becky?s DD, you would not believe she did x and then y?, as if she is a real person

Hello,

Sorry been awol, things have been a bit mad here.

The boys were meant to be spending a week with XH, they went friday and came home yesterday. His (d)p threw him out because she doesn't like the boys as her son is the worlds most amazing baby in the whole world. So she's had enough of her son having to share XH when the boys are there even though he isn't his Dad.

SO XH is now on a list to try and get some emergency housing so that he can have the boys to stay with him again and is currently at his sisters.

It's been a bit strange really as I have been really nice to him. I said I'd have the boys home yesterday even though I shouldn't have them and he came round today to drop some school clothes of for DS1 and we had a chat and a cuppa. My friends say I am being too nice but I can't imagine he's having all the good a time of things at the minute. Plus it is much better for the boys if I can get on with XH.

I promise I will come back tomorrow sometime to do personals.

Oh and I had a negative pregnancy test this morning and had some spotting since so looks like it'll be october before we can try again

Just pinching 5 mins before waking up DH (who would sleep til lunchtime left to his own devices) and the morning bursting into action.

Asp everyone else has said it so much better than me. Selling is a good idea IMO, even though I get very sentimental over family things. Sometimes something has to be cut loose, and better the rugs are appreciated by someone else than fretted over by you and damaged further by blasted moths. I'm sure your ma would never have wanted something that gave her so much pleasure to give you so much worry and pain.

Kayz I think your approach is admirable. Why give XH hell just for the sake of it? It's very humane of you to see that he'll be having a horrible time (what a b-tch his XP sounds). Harmonious 'co-parenting' (cringe) has to be the best way for everyone if you can get over whatever the factors were that caused you to break up.

WG and spot that sounds tough. M has moments of favouritism but it's nothing. I can imagine how upsetting it would be on a constant basis. SD used to hid under a coat in her mum's car when DH met to collect her for the weekend, but that was more not wanting to go away from her mum than not wanting to be with her dad, if that makes sense? It must be horrible now, but relationships change so much as children grow up.

Thanks for asking about SD's results. They weren't particularly amazing apart from a good grade in French, but she's staying on and hoping to pull up the rough grades. She failed her theory test that afternoon so a bit of a mixed day. I'm public enemy number one atm with DD, 9 yo, as I'm limiting computer time. I limit her to two hours a day but as I have to work the best part of two days a week and often she doesn't have a lot else to do. The thing I don't like about the computer is that she's imaginative when it's not around, but when she does use it she'll do it in preference to everything else. Some of the websites aimed at her age, like Moshi Monsters, Bin Weevils (yes, really) and Friv are/can be quite educational, with quizzes and word searches and so on, but I think two hours is quite enough. Yesterday I said no computer at all, and this morning I've already said no to going on it til she's dressed, teeth and hair brushed and room much tidier than it is atm. Emptying the dishwasher is her job so I want her to do that first too. I've said now that she has to ask me before going on the computer. It's in the playroom so it's a public activity. I do feel guilty about leaving her to her own devices so much this holiday but I can't arrange fun and games every day. I've been reading to her (I've just started Little House in the Big Wood, the first of Laura Ingalls Wilder's trilogy) and we've been doing jigsaws when DS isn't around. DS is at my parents' today and I do have to work and get the house presentable for an all-day planning meeting here with a group of people tomorrow, and go food shopping I think. Sorry, how fascinating

Oh Kayz, meant to say sorry about the negative test

DD has just been down asking how much she has to tidy - er, all of it?? She was almost in tears, but that just makes me all the more determined. I don't do tears over stupid things like that. She made it untidy and she is easily old enough to put it straight. At time like this I think of kids the world over who don't have any belongings or any space to call their own and it gives me very little sympathy with a little girl who doesn't want to tidy her books, craft things, clothes, teddies, pens etc off the floor!

Hello Ladies (its Asp, trying out my old name again),

I have been thinking about WG?s post about parental preferences for 24 hours now. I am not sure I have any solutions but it is a problem I am very familiar with so here are my thoughts.

DD1 always preferred me. When she was a baby DH and I put that down to the fact I was breastfeeding. He was very relaxed about it and it was not too extreme when she was tiny so I think it was more of a problem for me than him (there was times I wished that it was not only me who could comfort her, get her to sleep etc and I resented feeling guilty whenever I went out). As DD1 aged the preference became more marked. She would verbally and physically reject DH: tell him that our house was just for girls, that she only loved mummies etc. DH was brilliant. Mainly he dealt with it by turning it into a game. Sometimes he would pretend to hysterically cry and beg for cuddles which DD1 found hilarious and it would cause her to engage in play with him (I questioned this tactic as I worried it encouraged her to reject him, as she found it so funny, but as DH liked the game and DD1 did too I stayed out of it). DD1 was fine with DH if I was totally out of the picture (as in not in the same vicinity, if I was somewhere else in the house it did not work as she would search me out and get upset with DH). Therefore we engineered quite a few DH and DD1 activities. I think this helped but mainly time helped. DD1 is just 5 and over the last year I would say she has had no clear parental preferences. Some days she even prefers DH and although that preference is very mild compared to the one she used to have for me I have to say I find it hard and it has made me admire DH so much for the way he took it on the chin.

DD2 now massively prefers me. When I leave for work in the mornings there is usually half an hour where DH has the girls before the nanny arrives. If I leave after the nanny has arrived DD2 is fine but if she is left with DH she screams and screams as I leave. DH says there is nothing he can do to calm her. In fact he has taken to letting DD1 calm her which seems to work. One day he eavesdropped on DD1?s pep talk to DD2 and heard her saying ?Deep breathes DD2, I know you hate Daddy but the nanny will be here really soon and the calmer you are the quicker time will pass?. DH laughed but later told me that it really hurt that her preference was not only for me but also for the nanny. In fact at the beginning of our long summer break together DH confessed to me that he sometimes feels like he has no relationship with DD2 as she was being so rejecting of him. I was shocked that he felt that way given how calm he had always been about DD1?s preference. So this summer we have worked hard to make sure that DH does lots of fun outings with just DD2 (they start with tears but soon she gets into them). DD2 has also seen lots more of DH as we have all been home together all day. Plus I have not been forcing her to accept him doing things when I am at home, I have been more relaxed due to the holidays so if she wants me she gets me. This seems to have made her calm down and sometimes she even asks for DH now. In fact last week we were all out to dinner and DD2 climbed onto DH?s lap and sat and cuddled him while chatting for about 30 mins. It was so natural and relaxed and I felt that their relationship had totally turned around.

So my remedies:

• Treat it with humour and maybe even turn it into a game
• Don?t show the child it gets to you
• Don?t force the child to accept their Daddy doing something when you are around, if they sense you are rejecting them it might force them to cling to you more
• Engineer lots of time where they are doing fun things with Daddy and you are not around at all
• Let time pass, it does seem to get better with age
• Make sure that your DH knows it is common

I hope that helps. It is quite an essay ? sorry!

Oh, arti. Sitting here at hellish soft play and am sobbing wt your post. Thank you so much for taking the trouble to write it. May I cut smd paste and show to dh? I think it will help him enormously. And me. Thank you

Sorry, Kayz for neg test. It'll happen soon I'm sure.

I'm sobbing too,Triple A (as I have decided to call you), I can't even to begin to imagine how painful it must have been to hear those words. Poor MrAAA.

Kayz I don't think it is strange that you have a friendship with each other, you grew apart but once you had a strong relationship with each other and had two children together. I think it would be a terrible shame to lose your friendship. It is definitely good for the boys for you to remain friendly. His ex sounds mental, I do know the type though. What a shame for the mother of a boy to see normal boyish behaviour as bad, what a sad constrained life that little boy will have.

TV I agree, I think computers are great for kids, but as with all things only in moderation.

C'mon people where are you, I need something to read to take my mind off this game.

hello :)
Sorry again - I seem to be quite rubbish at keepin up on here at the moment, which is odd, seeing as I have more time in the holidays than in term time.
I have been reading but failing to post, half because I run out of time/energy before I get round to posting, and half because I don't feel I have anything to say!
Anyway, tonight you have my full attention :)
Arti - so sorry about that wearing, draining, emotional day. I felt exhausted just reading about it. As others have said, please don't beat yourself up about the rugs. I'm sure your mum would be happy to see them find some new, loving homes. And well done to your DH for surviving your dds' mummy phases.
WG - you are doing so well. Your poor dh - has he strugled with PND at all with dd2? This can't be easy for him, but hearing that he's not the only parent to be rejected might well help you both.
Kayz good on you for getting along with your boys' dad. It can only make things easier for everyone. Good look with the TTC. Try not to get too downhearted about this month - it's early days.
I was wondering where urbs and rubs are too? It's a been a while girls...hope you're ok.
ZJ yes we've just changed agent. We're now with Hunters, on at £179,950. Please tell your friend about our house...3 bedrooms, detached garage, gardens front and back, views over open fields... We've found a house we'd love to buy but can't do a thing until we get some interest in ours. Grr. Frustrating!
JB sorry for being so slow to reply, but you asked about weaning a while ago. I weaned Lucy at just after 6 months, actual age. The guidelines said 6 months, but a lot of my friends were weaning at around 5 months, so it felt like I was making her wait longer, but in reality we just went with the guidelines. She was quite slow to get the hang of it, so who knows if she would have been better leaving it a bit later, but I also think it's important for them to learn the tongue/mouth muscle things that come with being weaned. Have you decided what to do?
Trudes I think 2 hours a day is not at all unreasonable. My dd1 is only just 7 and she loves the computer! She plays games like cbbc stuff, design your own animal park etc, all ood stuff, but I do worry that she will forget how to entertain herself without a screen! Havin said that she's not showing any signs of losing her mad imagination yet
I'm sorry I've lost track of who has been away on hols, but I hope everyone had a good time.
spot I really like your blogs. I think writing about PND is such a good idea.
Our trip to London was fab! All our trains were on time and we both loved the Tube L thought the natural history museum was amazing, especially the blue whale! The wizard of Oz was soooooooooooo good I loved it! L cried at the storm and the bad witch, but soon got over it and enjoyed the show loads! It was such a lovely thing to do, having time together without P, my resident clingon.
I took both girls up to Filey last week while DH worked (he has to go into school on results day), which was fab, and at the end of the day, after paddling in the sea, playing in the sand, running round the park and eating ice cream, I felt like a 'proper mum', and felt proud of myself for having coped all day on my own with them - and enjoyed it! I did think of beans while we were on the beach - P was wearing a top but no trousers or pants, and she called me to look at the hole she'd dug in the sand. Sitting nicely in the middle of the hole was a big fat poo! She looked most proud I had to scoop it out and dispose of it discretely
P goes back to ENT tomorrow for another hearing test and consultant review. On Friday I'm off to the GP because I've been getting really intense stabbing pains in one specific place in my head for months, for about 10 seconds, several times a day. I'm assuming it's a brain tumour (I tend to assume most things are tumours) but will wait to hear the GP's verdict.
On Sunday I'm taking both girls down to Harpenden and we're staying with a friend of mine for a few days - letting DH get some school work done before term starts again. I'm a bit nervous about such a long drive (I'm a complete holiday/travel wuss and am in awe of those of you who travel huge distnaces with LOs in tow) but we'll have a good time when we're there.
Then next wed is my coil fitting day [eek], then Thursday is back to work. Sorry - you didn't ask for my compete agenda, but there you have it!